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Sadaputa Dasa (Richard L. Thompson,
Ph.D.)

Sadaputa Dasa (Richard L. Thompson) was born in Binghamton, New York,
in 1947. In 1974, he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University,
where he specialized in probability theory and statistical mechanics. He
went on to do research in quantum physics and mathematical biology at the
State University of New York at Binghamton, Cambridge University in the
United Kingdom, and the La Jolla Institute in San Diego. He is the author
of seven books and the producer of six videos on science and philosophy,
and he has written many articles for scientific journals and for Back
To Godhead, the magazine of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness. His most recent book, Maya: The World As Virtual Reality,
introduces a theory that this world is actually a virtual reality, a
theory which can accommodate empirical evidence for many phenomena that
contemporary theories of consciousness cannot. His previous book, Mysteries of the Sacred Universe, discusses evidence of advanced astronomical knowledge in India’s ancient texts known as the Puranas.
He has designed exhibits using computer animation and multimedia
techniques to present the Vedic cosmology and the Vedic world view to the
general populace, and he is presently writing a book discussing the laws of physics and the nature and origin
of life. For a more extensive biography, click here.

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